18. Germanic and Indian Secret Doctrine
GA 68a/1906-04-22/p019
·1906-04-22
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English
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A picture of this development is given by coal. It is stone, a mineral. Millions of years ago it was part of living beings, plants. Great forests have perished and become these stone masses. What was once a living being has become a fossil. This is admitted by science.
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